Adaptation as innovation, innovation as adaptation: An institutional approach to climate change

Rodima‐Taylor, Daivi; Olwig, Mette Fog; Chhetri, Netra

doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.10.011

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“…Discourseand network-oriented approaches have proven useful in adaptation research, particularly for analyzing the roles of institutional barriers and how these may be overcome through social innovation [9,10]. Our study applies key concepts from the advocacy coalition framework (ACF) as a means to systematically understand the evolution of the policy process in the context of Swedish forestry.…”

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Climate Adaptation in Swedish Forestry: Exploring the Debate and Policy Process, 1990–2012

Ulmanen¹,

Swartling

Wallgren

2015

Forests

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This paper explores how climate change adaptation concerns were integrated into the Swedish forestry debate and policy process during the period of 1990-2012, and draws lessons on barriers and opportunities identified in this process. Using a framework focusing on "advocacy coalitions", we analyze how the adaptation debate in the forestry sector evolved over the period; who the main advocates for and against adaptation were; and which main arguments and processes affected the debate and policy. The results show that academics advocating climate change adaptation, aided by outside influences, such as political pressure for adaptation responses and the negative impacts of the 2005 storm Gudrun, contributed to an increased general awareness and understanding of adaptation issues amongst forestry stakeholders. Nonetheless, the strong dominance of actors arguing for increased forest production and the limited number and relatively poor organization of adaptation advocates have acted as barriers to mainstreaming adaptation concerns into forestry policy and practice. The dominant coalitions and their values have also determined the direction of debate and policy. The main conclusions for policymakers aiming to further this integration process are the importance of stimulating adaptation coalitions and the value of creating arenas for multiple stakeholder learning about adaptation. OPEN ACCESSForests 2015, 6 709

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“…These barriers are, however, malleable and may be overcome [4,6]. Some adaptation scholars (see [9] for an overview) focus on ways to remove institutional barriers to foster effective adaptation.…”

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Climate Adaptation in Swedish Forestry: Exploring the Debate and Policy Process, 1990–2012

Ulmanen¹,

Swartling

Wallgren

2015

Forests

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“…Ruttan, 1997;Gitay et al, 2001;Rodima-Taylor et al, 2012). This hypothesis refers to the process by which societies develop technologies that facilitate the substitution of relatively abundant (hence, cheap) factors of production for relatively scarce (hence, expensive) factors in the economy (Hayami and Ruttan, 1985).…”

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Temperate Climate - Innovative Outputs Nexus

Coccia

2015

SSRN Journal

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“…the Green Climate Fund). However, there are also institutional and discursive links which mean that local responses to climate change cannot be isolated from global discussions (Olwig, 2012, p. 112;Rodima-Taylor, Olwig, & Chhetri, 2012;) -actors in Africa have been shown to respond not only to changes in climate, but also to the "idea" of adaptation as promulgated by international actors (Weisser, Bollig, Doevenspeck, & Muller-Mahn, 2013). Despite various international sanctions (largely against individual government officials), Zimbabwe and Zimbabweans are well connected in many international agendas, including those around climate change.…”

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The national and local politics of climate change adaptation in Zimbabwe

Dodman

Mitlin

2014

Climate and Development

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The description and analysis of climate change adaptation programmes in low-and middle-income countries rarely examines the political conditions and contexts in which these take place, or the way in which these activities may themselves shape local and national politics. This paper uses a case study of Zimbabwe to examine how the discourse and practice of climate change has been incorporated in, and has the potential to influence, national politics in a context marked by high levels of contestation. It identifies the ways in which climate change is framed within national political discourses, and describes the structures for governing climate change adaptation and how these are influenced by global priorities and policies. The paper then raises specific questions that are fundamental to understanding the broader political implications of work related to climate change in low-income countries, and argues that these must be engaged with if climate change adaptation is to generate sustainable long-term improvements in livelihoods and well-being for citizens in these contexts.

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Adaptation as innovation, innovation as adaptation: An institutional approach to climate change

Cited by 168 publications

References 23 publications

Climate Adaptation in Swedish Forestry: Exploring the Debate and Policy Process, 1990–2012

Climate Adaptation in Swedish Forestry: Exploring the Debate and Policy Process, 1990–2012

Temperate Climate - Innovative Outputs Nexus

The national and local politics of climate change adaptation in Zimbabwe

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